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Late News THE MARKET ( olton, 'pot base ...._ 5siC ; Cotton seed, ton...$10 j Slightly Cooler Weather forecast says: North Car olina rloudv with mins tonight, j Slightly cooler Tuesday and in west portion tonight. No Reservation Washington. I>. C.. Dec. 11.—Sec-; retarv Stimson today reniied to the British government that the score tary of the treasury has no author ity to accept payments on war debts : except as provided in the founding j agreement. The reply to Great Brit ain said the right is reserved to con gress for final decision in respect to changes in the intergovernmental obligations. The note said the exe cutive ha* no power to amend or al ter these agfreements. Docket Cleaning Civil Court On 2 Weeks Term Judge frank I). Ilill Of Cherokee L Presiding. Term Begins Today. A two weeks special term of civil; court, called by the. governor at the request of the local attorneys and1 county commissioners, started this' morning to clear the civil docket of i hang-over cases. Judge Frank S. Hill, recently ap pointed by Gov crnor Gardner to the superior court bench is presid ing. Judge Hill is from Cherokee county- and this is his first term of court to hold’ in Cleveland. The docket was called over this morn ing and non suits taken in more than a score of cases, while consent judgments was signed in several cases and others were set for trial during the week. In calling the docket this morn ing the following orders were issued: Monday. December 12th Southern Cotton Oil Co. Vs. Bax ter et al for trial; Earl vs. Earl, non suit; Beam vs. Norman, non suit, Scruggs vs. Rippy. non suit; Ken drick -Harrelson Co. vs, Lackey et al (coni.)'; Climax vs. Blackwell, non suit; Oakwood vs. Elam, non r-aiit; Hendrick vs. Moore, non suit; Lackey vs. Gantt, non suit: Beam vs. Beam, non suit: Beam vs. Nor man, non suit: Elam vs. Holland, non suit; Tarrant vs. Hamrick, non suit; Spicer vs. Spicer, non suit; Rliinehart vs. Bolling. non suit; Conner vs. Kendrick, for trial; Con ner vs. Jenks. for trial; Kennedy vs. Bridges, for trial: Bullard vs. Bul lard, non suit; Kennedy vs. Brid ges. for trial; Blackmer vs. Black mer, for trial; Humphries vs. Hum phries, non suit; Morris Supply Co, vs. Morris, non suit; Furniture Co. vs. Bell, non suit; Masonic Lodge vs. Bell, non suit; Best vs. Stockton, non suit; Pendleton vs. Smith, for trial; Randall vs. McMurry. cont.; Watson vs. Pennell, non suit; Brid ges vs. Mackie, non suit; Sales Book Co. vs. Novelty Mills, with drawn: Bank. vs. Van Dyke, judg ment; Horn vs. Hoyle, cont.; Wil son vs. Bridges, non suit; McSvvain vs. Morris, non suit: Overall Co. vs. Barrett. non suit: Dalton vs. Thompson, for trial; Dunn vs. Dunn, non suit: Williams vs. Williams, non suit- Gantt vs. i : ft- non suit; Bradley vs. Bradley™ non suit, Branton vs. Summey, non suit; Bank vs. Powell, non suit; Carson vs, Nolan, non suit; Sisk vs. Sisk, for trial; Champion vs. Champion, for trial; Whitt vs. Whitt; Cham iCONTlNt-Ets O'0 CAGE EIGHT i Health Stressed In County Schools At Teachers Meet Dr. Branch Of Dental Department lectures. First Of Five Meetings. Health in the public schools will oe the subject to be emphasized in a series of five meetings of the school teachers of Cleveland county and on Saturday, the first of these health meetings was held in the high school building with about 175 teachers present. Dr. Branch of the dental depart ment of the state board of health was the principal speaker giving a lecture illustrated by pictures on the proper care of the teeth. His talk included dental education a mong the children and proved very interesting. The meeting was presided over by Marvin L. Turner of Piedmont, who is president of the county unit of the teachers association. Other health talks were made by Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, Miss Euna Lee Barnett. Mrs. G. H. Edmonds, Lawton Blan ton. G. R. Stine and Mrs. E Meal, covering various phases o‘ health work irt the county school system. It is planned to hold two meet ings of the cotmty teachers in Jan uary, dares to l>e set later. —— To Enlarge Postoffice On Present Location Hoey Property Goes To Government Ground To Rear Of Present Office Purchased For Site. Shelby's enlarged post office with ■a third floor added for a Federal court room will be on the same lo cation as the present office. Over the week end Washington dispatches informed that the Treas ury department had decided to pur chase the Hoey property to the rear of tlie present office for the neces sary additional foota ;e on which to enlarge the office. The purchase price for the prop erty was given in the Washington dispatch as $20 000. The purchase had not been officially confirmed yesterday with Clyde R Hoey, own er of the property, and his son Charles Hoev, real estate agent, who has it in charge but it is pre sumed that, the price set by them has been accepted. Lot 130 by 110. The addition of the Hoey proper ty will give the post office site a lot 130 feet by 170 feet. The present post office is located on a plot which is 130 feet bv 120 feet, the 130-foot frontage being on Wash ington Street and the 120-foot frontage on the East Warren street side.of the corner. The Hoey prop erty is 50 feet by 130, the 50-foot frontage being on East Warren making the past office plot by the purchase addition 170 feet on that side. Just when building work will start is not known, but it is hoped here that the construction work will start early in the new year. On the Hoey property mentioned is an office and apartment building, consisting of two downstairs store rooms ot offices and 13 rooms and a lodge hall upstairs It is believed here that the present building will be torn down to make way for the new structure. It adjoins a similar two-story building owned by Mrs. J. D. Dudley. One piice given the government included this building, but judging by the Washington in formation it was not included in the purchase. Supposedly the new build ing will extend back to the edge of the Hoey property, across the va cant plot east of the present post office building with the 50-foot width of the purchased property to be left as a drive to meet the re quirements for an open space be tween the post office building and any other structure. Three other sites had been con siden*d for the building. Olie was the corner of Washington and Mar ion streets, where liie Ideal Service station is located; the other was the Courtview corner. Marion and LaFayette streets; and the third | was the Miller block, corner Warren j and LaFayette streets. Prices were ! secured on these by the treasury j department some time ago when it was believed the appropriation for the ‘enlarged office would not be enough to purchase the Hoey prop erty and enlarge the building. A Week pr more ago. however, Post master J. H. Quinn received in ' structions to have a detailed sur j vey made of the present plot and ; the Hoey property. This was done j and it is presumed that the Hoey j offer was accepted after figures in ! the survey showed that the plot and addition would be ample for the proposed building according to the architectural plans. Christmas Issue Out Wednesday On Wednesday of this week, The Cleveland Star will Issue its Christmas edition, herald ing the gift bargains which the merchants have to offer. Never have the stores been fuller of Christmas merchan dise than now and at pri< es that have not Obtained since before the World war. Gifts this year are pnVe tical and it is thrifty to give something useful. Merchants will lay before you In Wed nesday’s issue, thousands of gift suggestions which will mark the real beginning of the shopping season. Only ten more shopping days left. Merchants who wish ad vertisinr in Wednesday’s Star at the bargain rate outlined in a letter to merchants with holiday goods, should have their ropy in Tuesday, sure. Mr. Dail and his services are May Seek Special Law For Use Upon Court ‘Repeaters’ Officials of the Cleveland county recorder’s court may ask Ernest Gardner, Cleveland county’s repre sentative in the next legislature to pass a law providing heavier pun ishment for old offenders or ■'re peaters" in county court. It is said that close to half of the docket of the court now is made up of charges against men who have become regulars in that they are tried several times during the year. The majority of these are habit ual violators of the prohibition law and in many instances the heaviest sentence permissible is 30 days. This fails to act as a deterrent as it is said that two oi three old of fenders come up for trial at regu lar Intervals of about a month a part. If ‘repeaters’' were removed the county couft docket would be cut down almost half, according to William Osborne, deputy clerk of the court .' Officials discussing the proposed legislation do not desire anything as strong as the New York or Mich igan law which automatically brings on a life sentence for fourth offenders, but they believe that a law making it possible for the re corder to mete out terms of six months or a year to men who come back in the court for the second or third time each year would help. It would, they say, keep many of the old offenders from raking the chance of coming back as well as cut down the court work and ex pense. For more than a year the county court has been operating daily and usually with a heavy docket. The work now requires al most the full time of the deputy clerk as well as the recorder and solicitor and with the county hav ing to bear the expense in a big percentage of the case it has be come a considerable item. The lines total a considerable sum in the course of the year and thus provide quite a bit of revenue for the coun ty treasury and school fund, but in cases of road sentences and where convicted defendants are unable to pay fines and costs the expense falls upon the county. $600 Cut From County Home Salary For Unexpired Term Of Mr. Borders John Borders To Finish His Term At $50 Per Month Less. John Ab Borders, keeper ot the county home was notified this aft ernoon of a salary cut of $50 per' month effective January 1st, 19331 by the new board of county com missioners. Joe E. Blanton, J. D. j Morris and J. L. Herndon, in a spe cial session. Term Expires March 1. The term of Mr. Borders does not expire until August 1st, 1933 and although many applications were in for the place now held by Mr. Bor ders, it was decided by the board that they would not have a right to consider other applications until his, present term expires. Mr. Borders has been drawing ,8150 per month for the services of. ' himself and wife. It was ordered. | that their salaries be reduced to | $100 per month. AU morning the commissioners .i ! went over the welfare and relief; , work with J. B Smith welfare of < * acer, making a study of this de partment and its functions. Ther< are three units to the welfare work carried on by state and federa funds and detailed reports are re quired as well as restrictions ar( made as to the reliel work. While Mr. Blanton, chairman o the board, has not been elected pur chasing agent for the county, othe; members of the board said he woulc no doubt be appointed but thai the membership will have oversight over purchases that amount U much. Mr. Blanton is only receiving a per diem as well as the othei members of the board. Humors have gone out that Mr. Blanton was elected at a nice salary as tax sup ercisor and W. R. Newton as assist ant tax supervisor to help Troy Me Kinney, newly elected tax supervisee and auditor. Regarding these .rumors Mr. Blan ton said ‘ There is no truth in them I receive no pay for my service other than a per diem as commie siontr. If I have to spend much ex •CON.TtjrrE::- On ■ AGE BIGHT' i Cleveland County Club Women At Achievement Day Program Held Here. Two hundred and seventy five womtfn attended the annual Achievement Pay program held at the South Shelby school on Friday, Dec. 2nd. Fifteen clubs working under Mrs. Irma Wallace, home demonstration agent, were represent ed. although all of the members present did not get into the picture. Mrs. Foy Putnam was the retiring president, suc ceeded by Mrs. Huff Hamrick of Boiling Springs as the new president of the county federation. Mrs. Boyd Harrelson, of El-Bethel, was elected vice president; Mrs. L. Toms, of Lattimore, secretary ; Mrs. Stough Miller, of Waco, treasurer; and Mrs. Forrest Crowder, of Lattimore, music leader. *uu City To Force Payment On ’22 Paving Projects Notices Go Out To Property Own ors Having Abutting Property On Seven Streets. — i Christmas presents arc got nr "*>'■ j to property owners n Slielby from . the city in tfie form of paving tax i notices which must be paid by Dec -1 ember 20 th or property will be ad- j vertised for sale. Seven street paving projects were : done in 1923 and the abutting prop- j erty owners were allowed to pavj their assessment of one-third the , cost of the paving in front of their : property in ten annual installments, j Some property owner? have kept ! t heir annual installments paid when : due, others are in arrears for sev eral installments and one proper!j owner has not paid any asses • menus. It has been ruled by the city attorney that at the end of ten I years the city must exercise its iolaim againet the property for this ■ paving, otherwise any mortgage on the property would take priority i over the city’s paving tax claim j Hence, it has becotiu necessary for the city to force the payment of all I paving tax assessments than have i been running for the ten year per 1 iod. I These paving projects on which ! collection must be made are on | Washington street, LaFayette street | Warren, Marion, Morgan, Graham I and Sumter. They amount to $23, I 000 principal and interest, accord j ing to Information secured this j morning at the city hall. Miss Kate Long Of Forest City Is Dead Former School Teacher- Hies Sud denly. Sister Of Otto Long. Forest City, Dec. 11,—Miss Kate | Long, 30 years of age. a member | of one of Rutherford county's most ! prominent families, died suddenly at i her home here this morning She is survived by her father. J. B Long, and the following sisters: | Mrs. Robert Hair of Pineville Ky„ 1 her twin sister, Mrs. J. M. Burk ! holder and Miss Ottilee l ong of ; Forest City, and one brother, Otto I Long of Forest City. Her mother ( preceded her to the grave about. S two years ago. Miss Long was an active member of tlie First Baptist church of this city. For years she had been a worker in the primary department of the Sunday school. At one time she was a member of the Forest City school faculty, giving this up on account of her health. Funeral services will be held Tuesday after noon at 3 o'clock Former Governor Of South Carolina Dies Columbia, S. C , Dec. 11,—-Thomas Gordon McLeod, twice governor o! South Carolina, died at his home here today from complications which followed an attack of influenza. Death came at 12:45 p. m. Hao he lived until December 17. he would have been 65 years old. A native of Lynchburg. S. C. ' Governor McLeod became interested in public affairs in his early man hood and after serving as represen tative in the general assembly, state senator and lieutenant governor was elected governor in 1922. He was re-elected for a two year term in 1924 MASONIC CHAPTER TO MEET, ELECT OFFICERS A regular convocation ot LaFay ette chapter will be held at the Ma sonic temple tonight. As this is the time for election of officers, ail ' companion- are urged to la present Royal American Renouncing tain historic title. Prince Toarmanoff of Russia, now a librar ian in the Baker Memorial Library at Harvard, will become an Ameri can citizen, with the name of Leo Constantine Toarmanoff. soon, hav ing recently filed his final papers in Boston. The Print* was a major general in the Russian Army daring the World War. Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page three for the answers. 1. What is the Appian Way? 2. Is the word God in the U S. Constitution? 3 What was the brontosaurus? 4 From what French drama was the morion picture Devil May Care" adapted? 5. What is the chief ingredient in the alloy known as bronze? 6. What does “clowning" mean? T. Name the capital of Bulgaria? | 8 Of what are camel-hair brush ; es made? 9. What is Marihuana? 10. Who wrote the book of poems entitled “The Flowering Stone?” 11. How many feet are in one hundred fathoms? 12. What is anise? 13. What was “Brook Farm?" 14 Who Invented balloon tires for automobiles 15. Do citizens ot the District of Columbia vote in national elec tions? 16. Which amendment to the U. S Constitution guarantees free speech? 17. On what ticket did William D. Upshaw run in the recent Presi dential election? j 18. What Indian nation originally inhabited Long Island. N. Y ? 19 How does broth differ from soup? 20. What is embolism? Duke Alumni Gather At Banquet Tonight Duke university alumni and par ents of present students at the uni versity will gather tonight at seven o'clock at Central Methodist church where a turkey dinner will be serv ed. The principal speaker, will be Or. a. M P'octor. a member of th‘ Dufc* faculty He will bring a mes sage regarding the aims and pur poses of the institution and var tops phases of the growth and de velopment of this vitally important, period of its history. Try Answering Cotton Crop Passes 43,000 Bales Total Almost 20,000 Below Crop Of 1931 Final Ginning In Count? May Reach 45.000. Larger Than Expected. The Cleveland county cotton crop, although bringing a disappointing price, is turning out to be larger than expected earlier in the season. Up to December -. according to the report issued over the week-end, a total of 43.156 bales had been ginned in the county. This is com pared with 62.745 brie* ginned to the same date last year. The ginning, which is almost 30, 000 bales behind that of last year, ■ slightly above what farmers and cotton men had predicted. Last year's ginning set. a new production record of over 64 000 bales for the county, but the crop this year was earlier than that of last year and two weeks ago it was thought the final ginning would little more than pass 40,000 bales. Nq great amount of cotton remains to be ginned, but chances are that the final ginning will show around 45.000 bales as the ginning to December 1 was less than 2,000 bales below that figure. Bank Cashier Father Of Twin Daughters Rutherfordton. Dec. 12.—Born At the Rutherfordton hospital to Mr. and Mrs. 8, C. Gcttys of Bostic, twins, a girl, Mary Clinton, weigh ing 5 1-4 pounds, and a boy, John William, weighing 6 1-2 pounds. Mrs. Gettys before marriage was Miss Mary Willie Long, one of the county’s leading school teachers. Mr, Gettys Is the cashier of the Bostic bank. OYSTER SUPPER FRIDAY AT W ACO HIGH SCHOOL Waco school will give an oyster supper Friday night the 16th at 7:30 Proceeds will go for the recently planted shrubbery. There will be added attractions free, by the stu i dents Everybody welcome. White, Sole Survivor Company F, C. S. A. Death Of Monroe William* Leave* Only One Survivor Of HD Company. The death last week of Lawson Monroe Williams, leaves only one survivor of company F. 34th N. C. Regiment. Confederate States army, according to Mr. A, G. Higgins of Shelby. This sole survivor Is Wil liam V White SMI years old of Joplin, Mo. Mr. White D an uncle of Andy F. Newton, register of deeds and Attorney D. Z. Newton, both of Shelby. Mr. Williams enlisted at the age of 18 years under Capt. Abraham G. Waters, the first captain of company F. This company lost more than 21 per cent of Its number kill ed In battle. He was captured July 3rd, 1863 and remained a prisoner until the end of the war. He was the last survivor except one of the 147 youths who went to war In the sixties and that survivor Is Mr. White, age 96. now living in Joplin, Mo. Mr. Williams, it will be recalled, died in Lincohiton hospital last week. He was 87 years and 11 months old and spent most of his life In Cleveland and Lincoln coun ties. He was a man of pleasing and happy personality and was of vig orous health and mentality up until he died. Mr. Williams was buried at St. Peters Methodist, church Friday, the funeral being conducted by Rev. L. W. Scott. Two sons, Dr. George Williams of Valdese and Kben Wil liams of Toledo, Ohio, survive. Dry Goods Merchants Oppose Sales Taxes Dry Ooods association, today said Boston, Dec, 12.—P. A. O'Connell, president of the National Retail the members of the organization were opposed to all forms of fed eral. state and municipal sales taxes as well as mnufcturers fed taxes. The announcement was the result of a poll of the members on the subject of taxation. Split In Wet Ranks Looming Over Reference About Booze Lobbyists LaGuardia Says Liquor Interests Ixihby Washington As In “Old Days.” Washington, Dec. 12.—Rep. Fior ella H. LaGuardia, Republican, New York, long a militant wet leader. In jected a flash of drama into the house ways and means committee beer hearings last week by bitterly denouncing “liquor lobbyists” and "brewery stock promoters” for ac tivities smacking of "the old days.” .He openly rebuked the committee for permitting representatives for brewery intertsts to advise It In drafting a bill. Solemnly, he warn ed that unless every safeguard is thrown about the beer bill there will be a return of conditions which brought about the 18th amendment and the 18th amendment will never be repealed. LaGuardia s outburst revealed a possible split in wet ranks on the form of a beer bill. His appearance followed that of Representatives of various interests who came to tell of benefits that would accrue to them from legalization of beer. This list included railroads, grain growers, bos manufacturers, bottle makers, refrigerating plants, truck manufac turers, electric .companies. House Democratic Floor Leader Henry T Rainey a member of the committee says the beer bill would j be brought before the house the I last of this week, with two days of , debate. A favorable report from the ! committee, he said, is assured. The measure, he predicted, would in clude wine of not more than 10 per cent alcoholic content. LaGuardla's lecture was delivered in his usual forceful style. He stalked up and down before the somewhat surprised members, shak ing his pudgy ■ fists, the belligerent and stocky congressman shouted: “I want tq advise the wets that if this bill becomes a law and there are abuses, the 18th amendment will never be repealed. This is not a bill to enhance the profits of brew ers and distillers, and the sooner, they get out of Washington the bet ter it will be for the American pep*' pie.” Dramatically LaGuardia raised before the committee the specter of the “old days" when the liquor in terests brazenly played a part in politics and government. Tt was this open activity, he said, that precipitated national prohibition and the !8th amendment. “Now they are back again. ’ he cried. Brewery representatives sat in the audience. They were startled but made no protest ' <■ Polkville Road Work Likely To Get Going Soon Contractor Now On Kings Mtn. Job Muir And Man I-abor Will Play Big; Part. Grading On Other Road. Construction work on the new Shelby-Polkville highway will start early In the new war, possibly In January. No official Information ha* been received from the highway depart ment a* to the date the work will begin, according to W. A. Broadway, road engineer for the county. It to believed, however, that construction forces will be moved to the new pro ject within five or six weeks. The Asheville contractor who ha* the contract for the construction of the road and also the Fallaton Polkvllle and via Lawndale to now working upon the highway link be tween Kings Mountain and the South Carolina line. This project will require considerable time yet. It to said, but a portion of the ma chinery and force may be moved from that road to the new route soon. The policy of the mghway com mission Is to employ as much labor is possible because the Federal 'und advanced for road building was appropriated to decrease un~ smployment. Man and mule labor la tteing used on the Kings Mountain |ob but the grading across the mountain also required the use of a (team shovel. At the highway offlca here It 18 said that practically all of the grading can be done with wheelers on the new Polkvllle road. There Is some grading although on the Fall iton-Polkvtlle road wjjlch will re quire the use of a steam shovel. With unemployed men being worked as much as possible on the highway work it is thought that quite an additional number will be used by the eontrastor on the Polk ville project as the grading will .be one with mules and wheelers. These men will be hired by the contrac tor, but the policy is to hire men whose names are listed with the welfare office as In needy circum stances and with families to sup port, A list of these, Including un employed of both Cleveland and CJaston counties, has already been prepared by the welfare agent. The building of the new road and the construction of the enlarged Shelby post office, both expected to begin early In the year, will pro vide employment for several score men now out of work thus giving this section Its first benefit from the building fund provided by con gress to decrease unemployment. Busy Days Ahead Of School Til Holidays Basketball, Dramatic Clab Presen tation, Sta«e Curtain Installa tion. Etc. Until the schools adjourn for the Christmas holidays on December 21, they will be busy places. In ad dition to the intensive work in prep aration for mid-semester examina tions, there will be the inevitable Christmas spirit. Interspersed among all this will be many activities. Bas ketball games of both boys and girls will play with Polkville here on the 13th and there on the 21st, and with Bolling Springs junior college there on the 16th, The Dramatic club will make its first public ap pearance on December 20th, pre senting a comedy entitled, "Not Quite Such a Goose,” and a fantasy entitled. “The Six Who Pass Whila the Lentils Boil.” The Graham school will celebrate the installation of a new stage curtain by presenting an operetta on December 20th The Music club will give a spe cial Christmas carol service at the First Baptist church on the even ing of December 18th. Two hundred chosen voices will participate. Add ed to this will be P. T. A. meetings, Christmas assembly, programs, etc. Seaboard Conductor Takes His Own Life Monroe Dec. 11—Capt. James William Glenn, 56, prominent citi Vii of Monroe and well known con ductor on the Seaboard Air Line railway, committed suicide at his home here last night. Captain Glenn had been in ill health for the past five years and that fact Is attribut ed as the cause for his act. Members of his family found him late this morning sitting in a chair In his room with a bullet wound In his forehead. He had been in the employ of the railroad for nearly 80 years and was a member of the Presbyterian church, Shrine of Oasis temple and the Order of Hallway Conductor*